Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke-On-Trent
ST4 6TH
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Financial Wellbeing Service (Community Partnership Commissioning)
Reference number
WHISP 322
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85321000 - Administrative social services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working as an agent on behalf of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) to publish this Contract Award Notice for the Direct Award of the Financial Wellbeing Service.
The current contracted service expires 31st March 2025. NSCHT are directly awarding a contract for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years, until 31st March 2030.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £200,000 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years).
Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025
Contract End Date: 31st March 2030
This service is to provide bespoke financial and
benefit advice.
MLCSU, on behalf of NSCHT, previously undertook a multi-lot Competitive Process for Community Partnership
Commissioning, which included:
Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service
Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service
Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service
The aim of the Competitive Process exercise, for Lot 3, was to appoint a provider to support the provision of Financial Wellbeing Management and Support (FWB) for Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North
Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.
The service role of the Financial Wellbeing Support will offer a Monday - Friday service that arranges flexible support to people with financial difficulties within North Staffordshire and Stoke on
Trent.
The service will advise and support patients who are under the care of CMHT's including Older Persons and the Rehab Pathway.
The relevant reference number for this tender in the
Atamis Portal was C318455.
This ITT was made available to all Bidders who expressed a potential interest in delivering this service in line with the requirements for Health Services and mixed procurements which fall under Regulation 3 and 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime PSR) Regulations 2023.
The process was advertised on Find a Tender (2024/S 000-036891) and there were no suitable bids for this contract on this
occasion, therefore there were no recommended bidders for Lot 3 as part of this Competitive process.
The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key
criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated.
This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts.
Lot 3 itself is considered to be non-health and therefore PSR will not apply. Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applies ,
There is an existing service already in place with Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke-on-Trent.
NSCHT is confident that the incumbent provider would be suitable for direct award under Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015, Regulation 32 (1)(2) (a)
Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-
(a) where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £200,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85321000 - Administrative social services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for Health, social and
related services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as
specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015
Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication which applies. NSCHT have previously tested the market, and there were no suitable bids received for this lot and therefore a direct award is being made to the incumbent in line with
(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no
requests to participate or no suitable requests to
participate have been submitted in response to an
open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided
that the initial conditions of the contract are not
substantially altered
NSCHT is confident that the incumbent provider
would be suitable for direct award as NSCHT have tested the market previously, and there were no suitable tenders received in response to the multi lot Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service procurement previously advertised.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation:
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015
Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure
without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior
publication may be used for public works contracts,
public supply contracts and public service contracts
in any of the following cases:-
(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no
requests to participate or no suitable requests to
participate have been submitted in response to an
open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided
that the initial conditions of the contract are not
substantially altered
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Financial Wellbeing Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18 February 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke-on-Trent
13-15 CHEAPSIDE
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 1HL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
1001204
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £200,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £200,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke-On-Trent
Country
United Kingdom